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Monday, 9 August 2010

Is the Wood Buffalo region only about oil and money?

Numerous headlines in newspapers around the world would have you believe this is true. A growing community of local artists, however, disagrees and is determined to prove the world wrong. “I have worked with artists in many countries – from small Russian villages to large Asian cities. I am so impressed with the dedicated and talented artists in Wood Buffalo and thrilled to see them starting to organize and bring their vision and talent to the public through the Wood Buffalo Artists Forum”, states Louise Van Alenburg, international artist and instructor.

The Wood Buffalo Artists Forum is a new, non-profit community organization committed to supporting regional visual artists and developing public appreciation of culture through visual arts. “The diversity of talent in the Region is incredible”, says Christine Burton, emerging artist and one of the Artists Forum founders. “In addition to local and aboriginal artists, the Artists Forum has brought together visual artists from the Netherlands, the Phillipines, Venezuela, and Pakistan. We have artists of all levels of experience and talent; It is incredibly exciting” enthuses Burton.

The Wood Buffalo Artists Forum has an ambitious agenda. The group is currently working on setting up a community gallery in Fort McMurray, training volunteer curators to organize year-round exhibits of local and out-of-town artwork, locating studio space, and encouraging the public to enjoy art.

MacDonald Island Park Open Art Exhibition, The Wood Buffalo Artists Forum is calling all regional visual artists to help celebrate the opening of the MacDonald Island Park Art Gallery.

We invite visual artists to prepare original artwork (paintings, collage, photographs, drawings etc.) with the theme: “CELEBRATION!” for an October 2010 exhibit.

Artists may send digital photographs (jpg or pdf) of their works to: Woodbuffalo.Artistsforum@Gmail.com by September 30th. Due to limited space, only one piece per artist will be chosen for this first exhibition.

The above announcements were written by: The Wood Buffalo Artist Forum
The Wood Buffalo Artists Forum is a new non-profit community organisation committed to supporting regional visual artists and developing public appreciation of culture through visual arts.

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The Wood Buffalo Artists Forum announces the extension of the deadline for artists to submit photo’s of their work for the first exhibit at the Mac Island Gallery. The deadline has been moved from September 30, 2010 to the new date of January 5, 2011 because the official opening of the MacDonald Island Park Facility has been delayed until later in January. We invite all regional visual artists to prepare original artwork (paintings, collage, photographs, drawings etc.) with the theme: “CELEBRATION!” We look forward to seeing your interpretation of this concept expressed in visual art. Artists may send digital photographs (jpg or pdf) of their works to: Woodbuffalo.Artistsforum@Gmail.com by January 5th. Due to limited space, only one piece per artist will be chosen for this first exhibition.For information on how to prepare your art for this exhibition please email: Woodbuffalo.Artistsforum@Gmail.comWe encourage all levels of artists to participate!

The Wood Buffalo Artist ForumThe Wood Buffalo Artists Forum is a new non-profit community organisation committed to supporting regional visual artists and developing public appreciation of culture through visual arts.